Sec. 656.361.3. - Definitions.

The definitions contained in Part 16 of the Zoning Code shall apply. Those terms which are specific to this Subpart H are defined as follows: Accessory Parking Lot means a surface parking facility that provides a majority of available parking for a specific use or uses, such as for the exclusive use of customers, users or employees of a particular business or location. The facility may be located on or off the site of the use or uses to which it is accessory. A fee may or may not be charged. An accessory parking lot need not be under the same ownership as the specific use or uses to which it is accessory. If not under the same ownership, evidence of a long-term lease must be provided supporting the claim the lot is an accessory parking lot to the specific use or uses. Area, Amenity means the space between the curb and the clear pedestrian area which area is intended to accommodate public facilities (such as light poles, signal devices, transformers, and other above ground utilities), landscaping, and street furnishings. This area is generally a minimum of four feet in width as measured from the back of curb toward the pedestrian clear area where right-of-way width permits. Area, Frontage means the area adjacent to building frontages which serves as a transition area through which pedestrians do not generally pass as it is directly adjacent to building features. It is adjacent to the pedestrian clear area. The Frontage Area may include sidewalk cafés, outdoor display and similar uses. Area, Pedestrian Clear means the clear area typically in the middle of the sidewalk that primarily accommodates pedestrian circulation which in all instances must be a minimum of five feet in width but is generally a minimum of eight feet in width in Downtown. ASE (Automated Skyway Express) means the elevated mass transit system existing in the Downtown area as managed by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. BID Plan means the Downtown Investment Authority's Business Investment and Development Plan, which is an update of the two existing Community Redevelopment Area Plans for Downtown (Northbank and Southbank) along with the Business Investment Plan. Commercial Surface Parking Lot means a parking facility that provides parking, in whole or the majority part, as a commercial enterprise, for four or more motor vehicles for a fee on a first-come-first-served basis, or by hourly or monthly contract. Such a parking lot is not primarily associated with any other use or uses, such as for the exclusive use of customers, users or employees of a particular business or location. The term does not include a commercial parking garage which is a building primarily used for the provision of parking for a fee. If a parking lot has a mix of dedicated spaces for a particular use or uses and general, first-come-first-served spaces, if such general spaces represent a majority of the available parking spaces, it shall be considered a Commercial Surface Parking Lot. Creekfront Easement means that 25-foot wide public access easement running parallel and along each side of McCoy's Creek and Hogan's Creek as described in subsection 656.361.2.I (Creek Views and Creekfront Design). DDRB means the Downtown Development Review Board established by Section 656.361.9 . DIA means the Downtown Investment Authority established in Chapter 55 (Economic Development), Part III (Downtown Investment Authority), Ordinance Code. Differentiated Building Mass means a design strategy that attempts to break up the visual appearance of buildings or structures by use of offsets and other methods to articulate the horizontal and vertical planes of buildings in order to mitigate the effect of large looming buildings or structures. Downtown District Regulations means the codified Use Regulations found in Section 656.361.5 , and the Form Regulations found in Section 656.361.6 , Ordinance Code. Frontage means the part of a building, structure, lot or element that is adjacent to and generally parallel to a street right-of-way, the Riverwalk, or public access easement along a creek. Ground-Floor means the at-grade, first floor of a building or structure. Major Renovation means an expansion or renovation of existing development equal to 50 percent of the assessed value of the lot improvements according to the Property Appraiser or an expansion of the total square footage of a structure by 50 percent or more, including cumulative expansions totaling 50 percent. On-Site Parking means a surface or structured parking facility which is used for the sole purpose of parking motorized vehicles located on the same property as the principle use for which the parking is utilized. Pedestrian Entrance means a primary point of pedestrian access to the interior of a building or structure. Pedestrian Skywalk means an elevated walkway connecting two structures and located above existing grade. Pedestrian Zone. See "Zone, Pedestrian." Private Realm means the buildings and areas within private property that are privately owned, designed and maintained. The Private Realm also includes Urban Open Space located on private property fully open to the public and integrated into the adjacent Public Realm and semi-private areas that may be required to be accessible on a limited basis as part of the Public Realm as Urban Open Spaces, but such areas are designed, constructed and maintained as part of the Private Realm. Public Realm means the area beyond the edge of private areas that includes the Pedestrian Zone and the Vehicular Zone within the public right-of-way. Streetscape means the visual character of a street as determined by various elements such as structures, landscaping, open space, natural vegetation and view. Structured parking means parking for vehicles in a structure, and includes ground level parking covered by a building, but does not include a shade structure. Urban Open Space means an area within the Private Realm that is immediately adjacent to the Public Realm and integrated therewith. Unlike what is generally or conventionally considered "open space" within the suburban context, Urban Open Space is not just landscaping or seating or the absence of a building or structure, but rather is an area built for human activity and engagement and is comprised of public art, interactive equipment such as swings, exercise equipment, information kiosks, etc. as the anchor of that space. Urban Open Space also includes semi-private areas that may be fenced or gated but activities within are visible from the Public Realm, accessible directly from the Public Realm, and open to the public during business and service hours. It does not lose its character as Urban Open Space if dedicated to the public or conveyed to the City. View and Access Corridor means a linear view toward, and perpendicular to, either the St. Johns River, McCoy's Creek or Hogan's Creek, down either a public right-of-way or access easement within a block. View Shed means the area that is visible from a specific location, such as a building, and includes all surrounding points that are in line-of-sight with that location and excludes points that are beyond the horizon or obstructed by other buildings. Water's Edge Restaurant means any freestanding restaurant which seeks a zoning exception pursuant to Section 656.131 , Ordinance Code, for all or any portion of the structure to be located within the established 50-foot setback from the river's edge (Zone A). Zone, Pedestrian means the combination of the Frontage Area, the Pedestrian Clear Area, and the Amenity Area that make up the space between the edge of curb or roadbed and the building frontage, or if no building, then the Build-To Line, which may be identified by a frontage wall. This area is commonly referred to as the sidewalk. Zone, Vehicular means the roadbed, including on-street parking and the curb, if any. (Ord. 2019-196-E , § 6; Ord. 2022-383-E , § 1)